"Noir" from EVOLVE

Anyone who knows me will know I have worked at EVOLVE for the better part of a year now. I am the model manager there for Reign Congrejo, EVOLVE's owner and designer.

Reign now makes some marvellous mesh and I thought I would share this one with you. It's part of a collection of dresses called "Noir Beauty" and comes in 10 different patterns.

This pattern is "Noir Beauty 10" from the collection and has a lovely, swirling abstract pattern in black and white. The sleeves are slashed from the shoulders to just above the wrists and the skirt, though quite short, is perfect for those occasions when you need something classy and elegant. 

It is supplied in 3 sizes, small, medium and large and with the alpha fits perfectly and at 300L, it's a steal! So pop over to EVOLVE and have a look, Reign has an amazing collection.

Styling:-

Dress - Noir Beauty 10 - EVOLVE

Hair - Lori Dark Blonde 4 - DeLa

Shoes - Extreme Platform Black - Skifija

Naisl - Female Medium - Mandala

Necklace - Maxi Boules Marble - LaGyo

Bangles - Divinity and Satine - +DIVINITY+

Lipstick - Dark Red Intense - Izzie's

Eyeshadow - Expressive makeups / Eyeshadow 08 - Ricielli

Pose - Glitterati

Taxi -  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/San20Javier/163/231/23

Always loved 1940's fashions

Ever watched a film and thought "I'd like a style like that"? Well after watching some old black and white film set in the 1940's I thought I would have a try. I'd just been to Baiastice and picked up their gorgeous "Evange" jacket and it seemed pretty ideal to base a style around. So, I had a root through my inventory to see what I had to compliment it. Here's what I came up with ......

The skirt came from a store I had not been to before called Fanatik. I'd been after a skirt like this for ages, so I was delighted to, quite literally, stumble across it. It's a pencil-style skirt, cut to just above the knee and fits like a glove. The texture reminds me of glove-leather and looks quite amazing. Baiastice make some super mesh and this jacket, the "Evange", is no exception. A luscious red in colour, it had the look I wanted, but it lent the outfit a lot more of an edge. I added the black "Stera" top from Glam Affair, black hose from Bax Coen and the perfect finishing touch, the lovely "Femme" shoes from N-Core. And suddenly there it was, the look I had been after !

Styling:-

Jacket - Evange Red - Baiastice
Skirt - Pencil Skirt Black Leather - Fanatik
Top - Stera Black - Glam Affair
Hair - Demi Seaspray - Truth
Shoes Femme "Noir Intense" - N-Core
Gloves - Leather Long black - Lightstar
Eyeshadow - Dark Shadows Black - Chelle
Eyeliner - Cat Eyeliner 2 - Izzie's
Lipstick - Dark Red Intense - Izzie's
Pantyhose - Soft Shine Pantyhose Black 50 - Bax Coen
Necklace and earrings - Folieole Onyx - Finesmith
lashes - NoAlpha Lashes 01 - Miamai
Pose - Glitterati

Meeting the Press !!!

As part of the MVW pageant, meeting the press is part-and-parcel of the whole thing. It is good practice, as whoever wins, will have to do a lot of this, interviews and the like so it was a good exercise for us.

We were all asked to meet with the press at the BOSL Country Club and we were asked to style a really sweet cocktail dress, the "Cosmic Sequin" dress from Mimikri. We were permitted to choose our favourite colour and then to style as we wished with jewellry, accessories and suchlike.

I like pink, so I was happy to find the dress in a lovely delicate pink shade, with gold and beige accents from the sequin overlay. It just struck me as it was a dress I would wear for a day at the races, so I styled it to look like that, a day having a glass of champagne and hoping one of my horses won!

I tried to find a background that made it look as if I was skipping away happily! Well, I'm not much of a photographer but I enjoy trying.

Anyway, the good stuff :-

Dress - Cosmic Doll Sequin - Mimikri
Shoes - SENSE 2 "Champagne" - N-Core
Hair - Veronica Mesh Hair - Golden - Wasabi Pills
Eyeshadow - LIQUID EYESHADOW -peach - KOSH
Eyeliner - Cat Eyeliner 2 - Izzie's
Lipstick - Lipstick raspberry - Izzie's
Hat - Flora Hairband - Pink - Bliss Couture
Nails - NAIL/female medium - [MANDALA]
Shoes - SENSE 2 "Champagne" - N-Core
Jewellry - Nirmala Collection - Chop Zuey
Clutch - Valentino Recoloured - KR Designs

Answering a question from the press in front of a big crowd with no preparation or idea what the question would be was quite daunting. But as I said before, excellent practice for the lucky lady who finally lifts the title. One more challenge to go :)

Fourth MVW Challenge - Valentino :)

Well, what a busy few days it's been for me. OK, maybe more than a few days, but who's counting:) In between shows, I've been trying to get some designing done, more of that later.

Our penultimate challenge was to create an outfit inspired by RL designer, Valentino Garavani. Frolic gave us a link to examine and it proved to be very inspiring indeed. Some of his designs quite simply take the breath away.

After spending a long time browsing the collections, I decided to try and recreate this gown, which debuted at the Fall 2012 shows. After much headscratching looking on the Marketplace, I decided to take a risk and make it all myself, even down to the clutch bag (did I regret making that bag , whew). It took the better part of a day to make all the textures and get them just how I wanted them. Here's how it came out :-

Strangely, the hardest part to get just right was the bolero jacket. I don't have the skill to actually make the meshes, Blender I find impenetrable and don't get me started on Maya. So I found a mesh bolero and went from there. The bag was very difficult to make just right as the maps supplied with the bag I found confusing, but that's nothing new:) 

Anyway, I hope you like it, I was happy how it came out.

Styling :-

Gown - "Valentino Inspired Champagne" - KR Designs
Bolero - "Valentino Inspired Champagne" - KR Designs
Clutch - Valentino Bag - KR Designs
Lipstick -Soft Kisses 11 - Madrid Solo-
Eyeshadow - LIQUID EYESHADOW -gold- KOSH- 
Shoes - HEZABEL'S CHOCOLATE DIAMOND STILETTO - Dinki-Di
Lashes - NoAlpha Lashes_N01 - Miamai
Hair - Romance-Blonde - Vanity Hair
Jewellry - Miss Mundo 2012 Hezabel Blackheart Collection - Zuri Rayna
Nails - Female Medium - Mandala

Thanks to Bodza Mubble who provided this lovely image :)